Every dojo is special, but which dojo that you've trained in stand out? The first dojo I trained in had a huge green, canvas tarp to cover the mats....
Phonetically, yes; "finger" is "shi" as in "shiatsu" (finger-pressure massage), but it's a different kanji than in shihan: finger is 指, versus the 師...
I have been reading James Sidney's "The Warrior Path". Very good book. He has interviews with some of the best living Japanese Martial artists alive....
Hum, after giving up looking for an old USAF Judo friend, Len Vieira, he found me on FB. He was stationed at Homestead AFB, FL when I knew him and in...
